Wonder Man
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Rating: 6.6 out of 10TMDB(46 votes)
Overview
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Special Effects (1946)
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Original Musical Score (1946)
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Music
Music by Ray Heindorf
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Victor Milner and William E. Snyder
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Don HartmanScreenplay
- Melville ShavelsonScreenplay
- Philip RappScreenplay
- Arthur SheekmanOriginal Story
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 8, 1945
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Danny KayeEdwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
Virginia MayoEllen Shanley
Vera-EllenMidge Mallon
Donald WoodsMonte Rossen
S.Z. SakallSchmidt
Allen JenkinsChimp
Edward BrophyTorso
Steve CochranTen Grand Jackson
Otto KrugerDistrict Attorney
Richard LaneAssistant District Attorney
Natalie SchaferMrs. Hume
Huntz HallSailor
Virginia GilmoreSailor's Girl Friend
Edward GarganPoliceman in Park- Alice MockPrima Donna
- Gisela WerbisekMrs. Schmidt
Bess FlowersPelican Club Extra / Opera Patron (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumPelican Club Patron (uncredited)- Sam HarrisPelican Club Paron (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerDeli Customer (uncredited)
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